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-# tm-bench
+# tm-bench (Deprecated)
+
+> ## **Deprecation Warning**
+
+### This tool will be depreacted in favor of [tm-load-test](https://github.com/interchainio/tm-load-test).
 
 Tendermint blockchain benchmarking tool: